Wondering how to start Makaton at home with a child who has a speech delay or communication difference? In this episode of Neurodivergent Conversations, Greer Jones talks with Kaley, a Makaton tutor and mum to seven-year-old Rui, who is autistic and was diagnosed with global developmental delay and low muscle tone as a toddler. Kaley explains what Makaton is, how speech, signs and symbols work together, and the clear difference between Makaton and British Sign Language. She shares the five-sign approach that made learning Makaton manageable for a busy family, why signing supports speech instead of replacing it, how she teaches emotions through role play and facial expression, and how she prepared her son’s school so he would be understood. If you have been told to look into Makaton and it feels like too much, start here.

Wondering how to start Makaton at home with a child who has a speech delay or communication difference? In this episode of Neurodivergent Conversations, Greer Jones talks with Kaley, a Makaton tutor and mum to seven-year-old Rui, who is autistic and was diagnosed with global developmental delay and low muscle tone as a toddler. Kaley explains what Makaton is, how speech, signs and symbols work together, and the clear difference between Makaton and British Sign Language. She shares the five-sign approach that made learning Makaton manageable for a busy family, why signing supports speech instead of replacing it, how she teaches emotions through role play and facial expression, and how she prepared her son’s school so he would be understood. If you have been told to look into Makaton and it feels like too much, start here.

Wondering how to start Makaton at home with a child who has a speech delay or communication difference? In this episode of Neurodivergent Conversations, Greer Jones talks with Kaley, a Makaton tutor and mum to seven-year-old Rui, who is autistic and was diagnosed with global developmental delay and low muscle tone as a toddler. Kaley explains what Makaton is, how speech, signs and symbols work together, and the clear difference between Makaton and British Sign Language. She shares the five-sign approach that made learning Makaton manageable for a busy family, why signing supports speech instead of replacing it, how she teaches emotions through role play and facial expression, and how she prepared her son’s school so he would be understood. If you have been told to look into Makaton and it feels like too much, start here.

Wondering how to start Makaton at home with a child who has a speech delay or communication difference? In this episode of Neurodivergent Conversations, Greer Jones talks with Kaley, a Makaton tutor and mum to seven-year-old Rui, who is autistic and was diagnosed with global developmental delay and low muscle tone as a toddler. Kaley explains what Makaton is, how speech, signs and symbols work together, and the clear difference between Makaton and British Sign Language. She shares the five-sign approach that made learning Makaton manageable for a busy family, why signing supports speech instead of replacing it, how she teaches emotions through role play and facial expression, and how she prepared her son’s school so he would be understood. If you have been told to look into Makaton and it feels like too much, start here.

Wondering how to start Makaton at home with a child who has a speech delay or communication difference? In this episode of Neurodivergent Conversations, Greer Jones talks with Kaley, a Makaton tutor and mum to seven-year-old Rui, who is autistic and was diagnosed with global developmental delay and low muscle tone as a toddler. Kaley explains what Makaton is, how speech, signs and symbols work together, and the clear difference between Makaton and British Sign Language. She shares the five-sign approach that made learning Makaton manageable for a busy family, why signing supports speech instead of replacing it, how she teaches emotions through role play and facial expression, and how she prepared her son’s school so he would be understood. If you have been told to look into Makaton and it feels like too much, start here.

A conversation with Irin Rubin of MamaZen  I sat down with Irin Rubin — founder of MamaZen, a maternal mental and emotional wellbeing platform — to talk about something I think every parent listening already recognizes: the slow slide into burnout that nobody warns you about, and how to find your way back. By the […]

A conversation with Irin Rubin of MamaZen  I sat down with Irin Rubin — founder of MamaZen, a maternal mental and emotional wellbeing platform — to talk about something I think every parent listening already recognizes: the slow slide into burnout that nobody warns you about, and how to find your way back. By the […]

A conversation with Irin Rubin of MamaZen  I sat down with Irin Rubin — founder of MamaZen, a maternal mental and emotional wellbeing platform — to talk about something I think every parent listening already recognizes: the slow slide into burnout that nobody warns you about, and how to find your way back. By the […]

A conversation with Irin Rubin of MamaZen  I sat down with Irin Rubin — founder of MamaZen, a maternal mental and emotional wellbeing platform — to talk about something I think every parent listening already recognizes: the slow slide into burnout that nobody warns you about, and how to find your way back. By the […]

A conversation with Irin Rubin of MamaZen  I sat down with Irin Rubin — founder of MamaZen, a maternal mental and emotional wellbeing platform — to talk about something I think every parent listening already recognizes: the slow slide into burnout that nobody warns you about, and how to find your way back. By the […]